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>> its approximately 1:00 a.m. on february 8th, 2010, in walden, massachusetts. police officers are called to a robbery at a 7-eleven convenience store. >> we realize there was a witness that attempted to get involved, so to speak. >> the witness, granny, is having a casual conversation with the clerk, but that soon comes to a halt when a tall man walks in and goes straight for the cashier. >> when the suspect went behind the counter, she obviously observed that something was going awry and went...

>> its approximately 1:00 a.m. on february 8th, 2010, in walden, massachusetts. police officers are called to a robbery at a 7-eleven convenience store. the lieutenant detective at the walden police department. >> we realize there was a witness that attempted to get involved, so to speak. >> the witness, granny, is having a casual conversation with the clerk, but that soon comes to a halt when a tall man walks in and goes straight for the cashier. >> when the suspect went behind the counter, she...

Years prior, and when this one occurred, she wasnt going to stand back this time. >> its approximately 1:00 a.m. on february 8th, 2010, in walden, massachusetts. police officers are called to a robbery at a 7-eleven convenience store. >> we realize there was a witness that attempted to get involved, so to speak. >> the witness, granny, is having a casual conversation with the clerk, but that soon comes to a halt when a tall man walks in and goes straight for the cashier. >> when the suspect went...

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Im not going to do anything illegally with it, but i believe it is a better defense weapon in that environment than a double-barreled shotgun. >> senator lindsey graham of south carolina. it was last week he was speaking there in the senate judiciary committee hearing on guns obviously making his case for why a shotgun, in other words, a gun preferred by the vice president not adequate protection if all hell breaks loose during a natural disaster. we learned a lot about how gun sales spiked sinc...

One democratic senator called her bluff. here is the sequence at a hearing designed to consider whether assault weapons should be banned. trotter told the story of a single mother who used a gun to protect herself and her baby. >> i would like to begin with the compelling story of sarah mckinley, home alone with her baby. she called 911 when two violent intruders began to break down her front door. as the intruders forced their way into her home, miss mckinley fired her weapon, fatally wounding ...

His ideas on gun violence. >> shepard: sellers heard interesting argue. on the other side of the assault weapons ban today. >> thats right. undersized woman can feel some protection from a scary looking gun when facing a hardened criminal. and trying to protect her family. >> an assault weapon in the hands of a young woman defending her babies in her home becomes a defense weapon the peace of mind that a woman has as she is facing three, four, five, violent attackers, inthriewrdz in her home wit...

Demanding an assault weapons ban, a gun rights activist offered a perspective we have yet to hear in this debate. >> an assault weapon in the hands of a young woman defending her babies in her home becomes a defense weapon. and the peace of mind that a woman has as shes facing three, four, five violent attackers, intruders in her home with her children screaming in the background, the peace of mind she has knowing that she has a scary looking gun gives her more courage when shes fighting hardene...

Certain cases? >> i believe in a womans right to choose to defend. >> you dont believe in a womans right to choose in cases of her own health. >> you just assumed that. i didnt answer that. you just assumed that, that is not what i was asked on this show. >> you were not -- when you dont answer that question, you represent these right wing views we know who you are. and the only womens right to choose that you support -- you support the womens right to choose massacre weapons, that is all you su...

Sense? there can be a situation where a mother runs out of bullets because of something we do here. six bullets in the hands of a woman trying to defend her children may not be enough. >> an assault weapon in the hands of a young woman defending her babies in her home becomes a defense weapon. and the peace of mind that a woman has as shes facing three, four, five violent attackers, intruders in her home with her children screaming in the background, the peace of mind that she has knowing that s...